Oral history interview with Bernard Carrol, 1975 February 7.

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Oral history interview with Bernard Carrol, 1975 February 7.

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Carrol formerly served as the recording secretary and grievance committee chairman of the local union of the United Steelworkers of America in 1946. He recently moved from a union position to management. In this interview, he describes how saws are made, emphasizes that the quality of the work is more important than the quantity, discusses the differences among workers in the 1940s and 1950s and today, and extolls the small company atmosphere.

Sound recording: 1 sound cassette (ca. 60 min.)Transcript: 24 leaves.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) was established 22 May 1942, by a convention of representatives from the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers (AAISTW) and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) after an intensive organizing initiative by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the 1930s. After mergers in 2005, it was renamed United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW...

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Shop superintendent, Hunter Saw Division, ASKO (American Shearing Knife Corporation), Lawrenceville, Pa. From the description of Oral history interview with Bernard Carrol, 1975 February 7. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 31484742 ...

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